1Tetapi Ayub menjawab, "Mengapa aku terus kamu kecam, dan kamu siksa dengan perkataan?
1Then Job answered,
2(19:1)
2“How long will you torment me, and crush me with words?
3Berkali-kali kamu menghina aku, dan kamu aniaya aku tanpa rasa malu.
3You have reproached me ten times. You aren’t ashamed that you attack me.
4Seandainya salah perbuatanku, itu tidak merugikan kamu.
4If it is true that I have erred, my error remains with myself.
5Kamu pikir dirimu lebih baik daripadaku; susahku kamu anggap bukti kesalahanku.
5If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
6Ketahuilah bahwa aku sedang disiksa Allah, dan ditangkap dalam perangkap-Nya.
6know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
7Aku meronta karena kekejaman-Nya itu, tetapi tidak seorang pun yang memperhatikan aku. "Di mana keadilan," teriakku, tetapi tak ada yang mendengar aku.
7“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8Allah menutup jalanku, aku tak dapat lewat, lorong-lorongku dibuat-Nya gelap pekat.
8He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass, and has set darkness in my paths.
9Ia merampas hartaku semua, dan nama baikku dirusakkan-Nya.
9He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
10Ia menghantam aku dari segala jurusan, seperti orang mencabut akar dari tanaman, lalu membiarkannya merana dan layu, begitulah direnggut-Nya segala harapanku.
10He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. My hope he has plucked up like a tree.
11Murka Allah kepadaku menyala-nyala; aku dianggap-Nya sebagai musuh-Nya.
11He has also kindled his wrath against me. He counts me among his adversaries.
12Pasukan-Nya menyerbu tanpa dapat dibendung; jalanku dihalangi, dan kemahku dikepung.
12His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.
13Sanak saudaraku dijauhkan-Nya daripadaku; aku menjadi orang asing bagi semua kenalanku.
13“He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.
14Kaum kerabatku semua menjauhkan diri; teman-temanku tak ingat kepadaku lagi.
14My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.
15Hamba perempuanku lupa siapa aku, tuan mereka; dianggapnya aku orang yang belum dikenalnya.
15Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
16Kupanggil hambaku, tapi ia tak menyahut, meskipun kubujuk dia dengan lembut.
16I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
17Istriku muak mencium bau napasku, saudara kandungku tak sudi mendekatiku.
17My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.
18Aku dihina oleh anak-anak di jalan; jika aku berdiri, aku ditertawakan.
18Even young children despise me. If I arise, they speak against me.
19Melihat aku, teman karibku merasa ngeri; aku ditinggalkan mereka yang kukasihi.
19All my familiar friends abhor me. They whom I loved have turned against me.
20Tubuhku tinggal kulit pembalut tulang; hampir saja aku mati dan nyawaku melayang.
20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21Hai kawan-kawanku, kasihanilah aku, sebab tangan Allah memukul aku.
21“Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
22Allah terus menekan aku; mengapa kamu tiru Dia? Belum puaskah kamu menyiksa?
22Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
23Ah, kiranya kata-kataku dicatat, sehingga akan selalu diingat;
23“Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24kiranya dengan besi dipahat pada batu, supaya bertahan sepanjang waktu.
24That with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever!
25Aku tahu bahwa di surga ada Pembelaku; akhirnya Ia akan datang menolong aku.
25But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
26Meskipun kulitku luka-luka dan pecah, tapi selama aku bertubuh, akan kupandang Allah.
26After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,
27Dengan mataku sendiri Dia akan kulihat, dan bagiku Dia menjadi sahabat. Hatiku hancur sebab kamu berkata,
27Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. “My heart is consumed within me.
28'Bagaimana caranya kita mendakwanya?' Kamu mencari alasan untuk membuat perkara.
28If you say, ‘How we will persecute him!’ because the root of the matter is found in me,
29Tetapi, kini takutlah kepada pedang! Sebab Allah murka dan menghukum orang berdosa; maka tahulah kamu, bahwa ada Allah yang mengadili manusia."
29be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”